Electric fixture



A. B. ALLWORTH.

ELECTRIC FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 29. 1920.

1,398,956. Patentgd Dec. 6, 1921.

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ARTHUR B. ALLWORTH, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR T0 EDWARD MILLER & COMPANY, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 6, 1921.

Application filed October 29, 1920. Serial No. 420,388.

To all rv/ 10m it may concern:

lie it known that T, ARTHUR B. ALLwoR'rH, a citizen of the United aifiS of America, residing at Meriden, New Haven county, Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Electric Fixture, of which the following is a specification.

lily invention relates particularly designed to vices.

The object is to provide an simple, strong, ant structed as to to electric fixtures, carry lighting deexceedingly graceful fixture, so confacilitate the mounting of the ceiling, and also facilitating the wiring of the same. These and various other objects and advantages will be apparent to the mechanic skilled in the art from a reading of the following description, and an examination of the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure l is a longitudinal sectional View of one preferred embodiment of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectional view of a modification.

Fig. 3 is a section 011 the line 33 looking dow 1 conventionally represents the side wall of a building. 2 represents a so-called hickey which is secured to the wall where the electric service wires emerge. To this hickey the fixture is attached.

The fixture, shown in Fig. 1, is in the form of a side wall bracket, and comprises an ornamental shell or canopy 3, which overstands and covers the hickey and the wiring connection and bears tightly against the side wall. Projecting from this canopy 3 is a smaller tubular portion or egztension etwhich is connected to the outer end of the canopy 3 in any desired manner, preferably by being powerfully crimped thereto. At the outer end of the tubular portion 4. is what I may term the hollow head 5. This head is open at its end and is provided with a removable cover or cap 6 which may be provided with any suitable form of fastening device to permit said cap 6 to be readily attached to or detached from, the head 5. Within the bracket, and preferably near the outer end thereof, is an abutment? which may be in the form of a washer having passages l2 12 therethrough for fixture wires 9 is a long bolt or screw, the inner end of which is threaded to fit the hickey 2. One or more wiring outlets may be provided in the fixture, usually at the head end. One of saio outlets is indicated by the nipple 10 of Fig. 1, this being appropriately connected to the head 5 so as to permit the fixture wires 88 to project through the same so that they may be secured to the particular electric fitting used, such as the lamp socket, not shown.

The abutment 7 is preferably secured in place in a crimped portion 11 located preferably where the tubular portion at meets the head 5. This crimp provides an efiective internal holding shoulder for the abutment 7.

To mount the fixture upon the wall or ceiling, the end cover 6 is first removed. The fixture wires are then connected in the usual manner with the service wires projecting through the wal When these wiring connections have been properly made and taped, the operator engages the threaded end of the screw 9 with the hickey and turns the same.

in the outer end of th bracket not only permits a tool to be introduced when the fixture is being applied to the wall or ceiling, but it also lends free ac cess into the interior of the bracket at the small end and thereby greatly facilitates the initial wiring of the fixture.

In Fig. 2, I have shown the wire outlet from the fixture as being applied to the cover piece. In this instance, 6 represents the cover piece, and 10 represents the nipple which constitutes the Wire outlet.

As before stated, any suitable detachable fastening means may be employed between the cover and the head, which means may be appropriate for whatever condition is encountered. Manifestly, if the fastening should be such as to hold the cover against turning in the head as in some instances might be desirable, any one of the many mechanical means capable of preventing said operation of securing turning movement may be utilized, the many means available being so well known to an ordinary mechanic as to obviate the necessity of any special illustration herein.

\Vith an arrangement such as shown in Fig. 2, the fixture may be employed as an overhead pendant device, especially approa priate for ceiling use. V

From the foregoing, it will be seen that the fixture is simple, exceedingly strong, may be easily. wired, and is capable of easy application to a wall or ceiling support.

In the sectional view Fig. 3, I have shown one means for holding the outlet nipple 10 in place, which comprises bending over two opposite flanges on the nipple that said flanges will tightly pinch upon the inner side of the heado. The relatively large opening in the outer end of the head facilitates the these outlet nipples in the sides of the head and is of great manuv itacturmg advantage.

By my improvement the portions 4: and 5 may be formed integrally thereby lending greatly .to the strength of the fixture? and also reducing cost of production. 7

7 What I claim is In an electric fixture, a tubular extension having a hollowhead portion at its outer end, the outer side of said head portion having an opening, an internal supporting shoulder on said tubular extension, an internal abutment supportedon said shoulder,

sage and a screw passage for a screw fastening, a screw fastening arranged to be passed into the open end of said head and through said abutment and tubular extension, a shoulder on said screw for engaging the holding shoulder of said abutment to hold the fixture in place, and a cover tor the opening in said head.

I ARTHUR B. ALLWORTH.

said abutment having a wire-clearance pas- 

